The Problematic Election and Our Children
By Steve Freedman Elie Wiesel said, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not [...]
The Shefa School announces expansion and brand new home
New York Community Invited to Dedication Ceremony Celebrating this Unique School Serving Families of Children with Language-Based Learning Disabilities The Shefa School, a new Jewish day school serving children in [...]
Seven Keys for Success of Jewish Day School Leaders Unveiled in New Study
New Research from CASJE Shows Importance of Teachers’ Relationships, Decision-Making Authority Findings from the first part of a three-year study identify the conditions that can support effective educational leadership in [...]
Case Study Webinar Available: Hebrew Instruction at JDS
By Devorah Fishman As evidenced by the high rate of participation in an AVI CHAI webinar yesterday, Hebrew instruction is a topic which elicits passion in many Jewish day school [...]
Should a Synagogue Build a Separate Website for their Early Childhood Center?
By Jen Lieberman Cultivating a love of lifelong learning is a hallmark of Jewish tradition and many synagogues support an active early childhood center or ECC within their walls. Often, [...]
A century on, celebrating the first Yiddish-language college course
These celluloid cylinders at the Mayrent Institute contain the oldest known examples of recorded Yiddish music, dating to about 1901. Photo: Ron Wiecki, Mills Music Library, UW–Madison. By David Tanenbaum [...]
The Enduring Understandings of Peoplehood Education
Image courtesy BimBam (formerly G-dCast) who created this collection of animated shorts for teaching Jewish Peoplehood basics. By Dr Shlomi Ravid Enduring understandings are defined as “statements summarizing important ideas [...]
Hebrew Language Acquisition Connected to Identity Development, Parental Support, Other Factors
The Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education, CASJE, released the first of three literature reviews that explores what recent research about heritage, second and foreign language learning means for [...]
ARJE Welcomes Youth Professionals
By Marisa Kaiser and Missy Bell This summer, we announced that RYPA (Reform Youth Professionals Association) will now become part of the ARJE (Association of Reform Jewish Educators). This announcement [...]
Hip Hop and Generation Now: A conversation about the Jewish Education Project’s latest study
This article is Part 2 of Matt Bar's two-part piece following up on his ELI Talk. Read the first article here. By Matt Bar Last week I contributed an article [...]
Back to School: Old Pencil box or Brand New Toolbox?
By Rob Weinberg If you think it’s time for your congregation to try a new approach to educating the children and families in your community, reach into The Toolbox, a [...]
Journal of Jewish Education offers “3 for 3” Open Access
From the Journal of Jewish Education: In the spirit of offering unfettered access to research in Jewish education that often has a readership limited to subscribers or those able to [...]